Coin-handling machine.



L. A. CASGRAIN & R. L. WHITMAN.

COIN HANDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1a, 1913.

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L. A. GASGRAIN & R. L. WHITMAN. COIN HANDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1a, 1913 1 118,472. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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LOUIS A. CASGRAIN, on BEVERLY, AND RAYMOND L. WHITMAN, or HAMILTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO AUTOMATIC APPLIANCE COMPANY, OF BOS- TON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COIN-HANDLING MACHINE.

To all whom- ?It may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS A. GAsonAIN and RAYIVIOND L. W'nrrMAN, citizens of the "United States, and residents of Beverly and 11111111113011, respectively, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Handling Machines, of which the fol lowing a specification.

Our invention relates to machines for counting, stacking and wrapping coins, and comprises improvements in the counting,

stacking and packing mechanism by means of which coins are first arranged in stacks each containing a predetermined number of coins, and the coin stacks are then w 'apped in a cartridge of paper or other su table sheet material drawn from a supply roll,

the cartridge crimped and secured at its ends and thereafter released from the machine to be delivered to any suitable receptaele. p

The present application is 'a division of our application Serial No. 739,933, filed January 3, 1913.

The machine in which our improvements are embodied preferably comprlses also machine. I

, The coin selecting mechanism in. itself forms no part of our present invention, and we have shown in the drawings hereto annexed a coin selecting mechanism which is substantially the same as that shownand described in Lillebergs United States Patent No. 915,100, dated March 16, 1909. ()ur inventions are exemplified and embodied in a machine which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which,-

Figure l is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 isa horizontal section viewed from above taken through the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the portion below said line being shown in plan; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view showing portions of the gearing in thcb ase of the machine; Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken on line 41-4 of Fig. 9. and viewed in Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Original application filed January 3,1913, Serial NO. 739,933. Divided and this application filed June 18,

Serial No. 774,338.

the direction of the arrow. In this figure the cam shaft supporting bracket is broken away to afford a view of the cams on the shaft. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the left side of the machine, part of the base being broken away to show the extension ofthe escapemcnt shaft into the base of the mai chine; Fig. 6 1s a horizontal section viewed from above and taken on line 66 of Fig.

4. In this view also the cam shaft bracket .is not shown. Fig. 7 is a view in elevation showing {in detail the crimper carrier. and its frame with the crimping jaws in Open position. This view is taken from the right hand side of the machine. Fig. 8 is a detail takenin horizontal section on line 8 of Fi 5, showing the escapement plate in plan; Fi. 9 is a detailinhorizontal section taken on line 9 of Fig. 5 showing in plan the change gears; FigflO is a detail taken in vertical. section on line 10 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow; this view shows the arrangement of the control gears mounted on the lower end of the cam shaft;

Fig. 11 is a detail in horizontal sectionon line 11 of Fig. 10 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the cam and arm shown in Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a detail, partly in vertical section, showing the upper crimping jaw and its relation to its carrier frame; Fig. 1+ is a detail, partly in vertical section, showing the crimper and its carrier in section and the coin holding plunger in elevation; Fig. 1:") is a detail showing in vertical section the erimper carrying arm, crimper, and coin holding plunger; Fig. 16 is a section taken on line 16 of Fig. 15; Fig. 17 is a detail in section on line 17 of Fig.1); Fig. 18 is a detail in section on line 18 of Fig. 15; and Fig. 19 is a detail, taken in section on the line 19-19 of Fig. 3, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows, and shows the mechanism for shaking coins while the stack is being formed. [In Figs. 6 to 18, inclusive, the scale larger than in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive] The machine shown in the drawings comprises several mechanical departments which, while coordinated for the purposes implied by the general functions. of the machine, may conveniently, for purposes of description, be treated separately.

00in collecting mec. Lam'sm.As intimated above, a coin selecting mechanism in itself forms no part of our invention and may, indeed, be dispensed with, provided the coins which are fed to the other departments of the machine be all of one denomination. We have shown, however, a coin'selecting mechanism which, as indicated above, is generally similar to that shown in the said Lilleberg patent, and which comprises a housing A in which a circular plate A is mounted to revolve, and flaps A which serve to deliver selected coins in succession to the transfer mechanism to be carried on their way to the counting, stacking and wrapping mechanism. The disk A is driven by means of a bevel gear A which meshes with a pinion A (Fig. 5) which is actuated from the gearing of the machine in a manner hereafter to be de scribed.

00in transferring me c7La n2'sm.This mechanism which serves to transfer the selected coins delivered by the selector mechanism to the chute or channel through which they are to pass on their way to the stacking and wrapping mechanism, comprises a turret B which is revolubly mounted in a housing B. In its lower portion which rotates within the housing the turret is provided with projections B which are circumferentially spaced so as to provide temporary lodgment for coins which fall between the lower portion of the turret and the wall provided by the housing B. The projections B are, moreover, arranged in pairs between which the groove B is formed. Through connections with the gearing of the machine the turret B is given a left-handed rotation as viewed from above, so that it carries coins, by means of the projections B from the point where they are delivered by the flaps A to the upper open end of the coin chute E into and through which the coins fall. At a station intermediate between the point where the coins are delivered to the turret B and the point where they leave the turret to enter the chute E, there is located the actuating wheel of the counting mechanism, so that each coin in its movement of transfer from the selector to the chute E must engage with this counter wheel, and impart a movement of rotation to it.

002% counting mccham'sm. A counting wheel D, provided with radial fingers D, is secured to the vertical shaft D in such position that the fingers D enter the groove B in the transferring turret B. Obviously, the rotation of the turret B will have no efiect upon the counter wheel D unless there is a coin confined between adjacent pairs of projections B which, bridging the groove B will engage a finger D of the counter wheel D and turn the latter. The shaft D extends downward and carries at or about its middle portion a star wheel D and below the star wheel a pinion D" which meshes with the gear D mounted on the shaft D which is parallel to the shaft D gear D on the shaft D meshes with gearing on and drives the counter mechanism shown and designated collectively at D (Fig. 1). This counter mechanism need not be further described because it may be of any acceptable type. The function of the star wheel D is to cooperate with the spring controlled retaining finger D so as to guard against accidental overthrow of the counting wheel D which, as above described, is actuated by the passage of coins carried bythe transfer mechanism.

02% stacking mcc/umism.The chute E is placed to receive coins as they drop from the transferring turret Band to deliver them to the vertical tube through which the coins fall, to be received in the separable section coin box E The coin box 3 comprises two half tubes each mounted on a jaw member, either E or E; these ,JZLW members are pivoted respectively at c and e andact together by means of the meshed gear sectors 6 and c. These jaws are normally held in closed position by the spring E and are opened at the proper time through the agency of the cam operated lever E which is pivoted on the stud E and periodically receives movement from an appropriate cam on the cam shaft, hereinafter to be described. The otherwise open bottom of the split coin box E is covered by a stop E which is mounted upon an arm 6 which is horizontally pivoted in a vertically pivoted block E, the said block being held in normal position by means of the spring E secured to the arm 6 extending from the pivotedblock E The tube E is mounted upon a bracket 6 which turns upon the vertical shaft 6 and is normally held in the position shown in Figs. 1

and by means of the spring E and the stop E secured to the bracket at e and normally bearing against the shaft D (Fig. 5).

In Figs. 3 and 19' a mechanism for shaking the coins in the split coin box while the stack is being formed therein, so as to prevent a coin from standing on edge in. the bOX, is shown. The arm (a has a lateral projection 6 against which a rod a, passing through an aperture in the base of the machine, is caused to knock by the action of the lever E on which the rod 6 rests, pivoted to a hanger E and provided with a roller E which bears against the disk E fast on the shaft 8. This disk has teeth 6 which taming-if it has assumed--an upright position in the stack box E Thus, as coins pass through the chute E and the tube E they are received by the split coin box E where, resting on the bottom plate E they accumulate in a stack inside the split box until, at a time determined by the number of coins which have been counted by the counting mechanism and delivered into the stack box E the feed of coins to the box is the split box between them. Thereupon, the

plungers halves which compose the said box open to permit lateral removal of the stack of coins under the control of the gripping fingers which carry the stack into place between the rolls of the wrapping mechanism. The principal parts of this stack transferring mechanism are shown in Fig. '7'. A carrying bracket F is pivotally supported in the frame of the machine and provided with horizontal arms F and F on'the ends of which are mountedthe guide blocks 1", F These guide blocks carry the tubular crimper cylinders H. and F in which the gripping plungers l and F are mounted to slide vertically. At their ends these are provided with rotatably mounted shoes f and ff. Bell crank levers F and F are pivoted at 7'" and 7' respectively on the bracket F, engage by means of their end forks F and F with pins 7", 7"", which pass through slots F, i and bear upon the springs f, 7', which are housed in the plunger-s l! and F which are bored out for the purpose. The upper bell crank lever F is a compound lever which comprises the arm F pivoted at f on the elbow or bell crank portion F against which it is held yieldingly by the spring i and the pinf which is fixed in the end of the lever F The shoes F F are so placed as to be operated upon in succession by the broad end of the cam actuated lever F shown in dotted lines in Fig. 'land in full lines in Fig. (3. The swinging movement of the bracket F is determined by the mechanisms which operate upon the crank arm F which is secured to the extension of the bracket F in the base of the machine. This crank arm in its relation to the gearing in the base of the machine is shown in Fig. 3 and in detail 111 Fig. 11. The movements of the coin stack gripping and transferring devices pointed out hereinabove, (referring to the view of the machine shown in Fig. 1), are first: an'oscillation of the bracket F to the left accompanied by a preliminary elevation of the arm F and plunger F by the ope 'ation of the fixed cam surface F collision between the guide block F and tube E and between the plunger F with the bottom plate E", resulting in lateral displacement of the tube E and bottom piece E from their normal positions in relation to the split box I); second: halt of the left hand oscillating movement of the carrier F with the gripping plunger-s F, F, alined above and below the split box I1 third: closure of the lovers 1*". F under the control of the cam operated lever 1 and consequent descent and elevation of the gripping plungers F and F; fourth: right hand oscillation of the carrier bracket F (the split box IE having opened to allow lateral passage of thecoin stack and the stack gripping plungers) to carry the stack of coins into relation with the group of rollers which subsequently move to engage the stack of coins between them and to wrap the stack with paper taken from a strip as shall. hereinafter be described. For a fuller un derstanding of the mechanical causes of this lateral movement of the carrier bracket, reference will be had to those figures of the drawings which show the driving mechanism and gear trains located in the base of the machine.

Driving mechanism and (/(4(t7 Z Il (/.-1 fiferring to Fig. 3: the main drive shaft which derives movement from any suitable source of power, such as an electric motor, is marked 1, and it carries fast upon it a pinion 2. This pinion meshes with an idler pinion 3 which drives the gear el which turns on the cam shaft 5. Gear 0 is secured to the gear i which meshes with the large gear 7 secured to the shaft 8 through which the coin selecting mechanism is actuated through shaft A ,clutcl1 A" and shaft A to pinion A (Fig. 5). A pinion i) onshaft 8 meshes with the idler gear 10 which drives the gear 11. sleeved to turn upon the shaft 8. Adjacent to gear 11 the gearli with its cam extension 13 is fast to the cam shaft 5. The gear 11 has mounted on it the ratchet wheel 14, while the gear 12 carries the pawl 15, the engaging end of which is normally urged toward the ratchet wheel 14: by means of the spring 16. At the back of the pawl 15 there is a thumb or projection 17 which is adapted to engage with the catch 18 on the end of the beam 19 pivoted in the frame and provided at its other end with a stud 21 adapted to enter the notches in the plate G fixed to the lower end of the vertical shaft G (see Figs. 3 and 5). Assuming that by the rotation of the disk G the stud 2]. has been made to ride upon the periphery of the disk, the catch 18 at the opposite end of the beam 19 will be moved inward where it will engage with the projection 17 on the pawl 15. Assuming that this pawl 15 is in engagement with the. ratchet 14: and is therefore turning with the ratchet and the gear 11, it will presently arrive at the point where the projection 17 will be detained by the notch 18 in the beam 19 and the pawl 15 will be turned out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 14:. N ow, assuming that in further rotation of the plate G, a notch 9 comes opposite to the stud 21, the spring 22 will rock the beam 19 and release the projection 17 from the hook 18 allowing the spring 16 (Fig. 12) to cause the pawl 15 and ratchet wheel 1a to engage. This engagement will cause the two gears 11 and 12 to rotate in unison. The gear 12 carries upon its upper side the cam 13 (Fig. 11) which in rotating operates upon the follower 7 to turn the crank arm F and consequently to oscillate the bracket F to accomplish the lateral swinging movements hereinabove described. At the same time the bracket F is thus oscillated the cam shaft 5 (see Figs. 8, 4- and 10) will be rotated since the gear wheel 12 is fast to it and all movements of the machine which are consequent upon the rotation of this cam shaft, will follow during the period when the two gears 11 and 12 rotate in unison by the engagement of the pawl 15 with the ratchet 1 L as above described. The mechanism by which the periodic recurrence of the oscillating movement of the coin stack transferring bracket is determined, is shown in Figs. 5, 8 and 9 and constitutes the tripping and coin stop mechanism.

Tripping and 002% stop mechanism. This department of the machine is shown in its relation to other departments in Fig. 5 and in detail in Figs. 8 and 9. Referring to Fig. The shaft G extends upward from the base of the machine and has fixed upon it the gears G G the disk Gr and the escapement plate This shaft G is rotated by gear connections with the shaft D at the upper end of which the counter wheel D is mounted. These gear connections comprise the pinion D at the lower end of the shaft D the change gears D, D, which are rigidly secured together and mounted to slide up and down upon the post 6 Intermediate gears D, D mesh respectively with the gears G G According to the vertical position of the gears D D the gear D meshes with either gear D or D These change gears D D are shifted by means of the shipper S which comprises a plate S and a horizontal arm S which is forked at its end to embrace partly the shaft G which thus serves as a guide for the shipper S. A stud S 1,11aar2 projects laterally from the plate S and lies either above or below the disk Gr through which it can pass only when one of the notches 9* (see Fig. 8) comes into register with the said stud S in the course of the rotation of the disk G When a notch g is in register with the stud S the retaining pin S (Fig. 5) mounted on the end of the spring arm S can be moved out of a hole in the fixed plate S, the shipper S then moved either upward or downward as the case may be and the pin S fixed in another hole in the plate S. This movement will carry with it the change gears D, D and thus the gear D can be made to mesh with either the gear D or D With the gears arranged as shown in Fig.5, a train consists of D D D D G The counter wheel D at the top of shaft D has five projecting fingers D so that in order to impart a full rotation to this counter wheel, five coins must pass the counter wheel un der the control of the transfer turret B. Then if the gear ratio in the above mentioned train is such that the shaft D makes twenty full rotations while the shaft G makes a single full rotation, it is obvious that that single full rotation of the shaft G is the result of the passage of one hundred coins past the counter wheel D.

Mechanism associated with the shaft G and the escapement disk G carried on the said shaft determines the recurrent temporary interruption of the passage of coins through the inclined chute E, while at corresponding intervals the rotation of the disk G mounted at the lower end of the shaft G determines the engagement of the gear members which in turn control the operation of the coin transferring mechanism and other departments of the machine which depend upon the rotation of the cam shaft and its cams, hereinafter to be described. The escapement plate G is provided with two teeth g diametrically opposite each other, between which the edge of the plate G descends toward the center with progressively diminishing radius so as toform surfaces similar to those of a cam. Upon the post G there are pivotally supported two spring controlled arms G and G The arm G carries at its outer extremity a pin 9 which lies in the path of the rotating periphery of the plate G while the arm G lies in the same plane as the plate G These two arms are secured together by the spring 9 which constantly exerts tension and thus tends to draw the two arms G G toward each other. A spring secured at one end to the post G and at the other end to the arm G is under tension and tends to draw the two arms G and Gboth together toward the post G when in the movement of arm G the pin strikes the arm G. The arm G has rigidly secured to it the sleeve G transferring mechanism, when it closes and remains closed while the wrapping rollers wind a paper strip around the coin stack and the crimping devices crimp the ends of the wrapped paper upon the coin stack after which the scissor frame is opened to release the wrapped stack of coins allowing it to fall out of the machine into some suitable receptacle provided for the purpose. The

details of the scissor frame actuating mechthe coin stack transferring mechanism and is shown in detail in Fig. 7. When this transferring mechanism swings from the position shown in Fig. 2 toward the split coin box it strikes against the finger h of the shipper H rotating the latter and with it the segment plate I 17 and the paper guide H so that the paper guide H is swung out of the way to permit the transfer of the stack of coins from the split coin boX E to the group of rollers in the reverse movement of the transferring bracket F. In its return, that is to say, its movement toward the wrapping rollers, the guide block F strikes against the finger h" of the forked shipper plate 1 1S and throws the plate and the paper guide H into the position shown in Fig. 6. Stationary paper guides H H (Fig. 6) serve to keep the paper strip under control in passing from the roller H to roller H and from roller H to roller H. mechanism hereinbelow to be described provides a strip of paper of proper length and width which lies between the front and back plates 1,1 (Fig.6) with its forward end lying lightly against the rotating surface of the roller H.

lVhen the coin stack transferring mechanism carries a stack of coins into the embrace of the wrapping rollers, and the rollers H H close upon the coins, alining them and pressing them against the roller H, the paper strip is nipped between the coin stack and the roller H and carried around, the strip being guided by the paper guides H H, H in turn and drawing the previously prepared strip out from between the plates I, I to be wrapped around the coin stack. The action of the rollers H, H and HF winds the paper strip around the coin stack and holds it closely against the coins, while the crimping mechanism closes upon the ends of the paper cylinder thus formed and crimps them over the coins. This crimping mechanism is shown. in detail in Figs. 7, 13,

The paper strip preparing 1 1, 15, 16 and 17, to which reference is now made. The stack of coins being held between the rotatable shoes f, f, the end F of the crimper actuating lever F (Fig. 6) moves against the lever arms F, F under the control of the cam on the cam shaft (to be described) after the stack transferring bracket F has swung the coins into position between the wrapping rollers. The fork F descends until it bears upon the top of the crimper cylinder H1 while the lower fork F ascends until it bears upon the lower end of the corresponding crimper cylinder F and the crimper fingers F and F (Fig. 7) carried respectively by the cylinders H, F close upon the paper previously wrapped around the coin stack and crimp it upon the coins. A spring F (Figs. 14 and 15) yields to permit this movement of the cylinder H over the plunger F and when the lever arms F F rise and fall respectively under the stress of springs S S, (Fig. 7) restores the cylinder H and plunger F to their normal relative positions. A similar spring connection between the cylinder F and plunger F 6 (not shown in detail) performs the same office for the lower coin holding and crimping members. The cylinder H slides in the guide block F and the cylinder F slides in a similar manner in the guide block F Paper strip preparing mechanism-4r paper feed roll 1 (Figs. 1, 2 and 6) is secured to the vertical shaft 25 (Fig. 3) which carries pinion 24: which meshes with gear 23 which in turn meshes with gear 12 (Figs. 4: and 10) which, as above described, is fast to the cam shaft 5 and is rotated intermittently when engaged with gear 11 by means of the pawl 15 (Fig. 12). Therefore, at stated periods in the operation of the machine, roller 1 is rotated. The roller I is journaled in the end of the cam controlled lever I and periodically swings in and out toward the roller 1* to engage a strip of paper conducted through the channel I under the detaining spring I (Fig. 6), this strip comingv from a supply roll or other convenient source. W hen by the operation of its controlling cam the lever 1 moves the roll I against the roller 1 (this being at a time in the operation of the machine when the roller I is to be rotated) the strip of paper will be drawn from the guide 1 propelled past the shearing plate I and inserted between the guide plates 1 and I, progressing forward toward the wrapping rollers until in the cycle of operation of the machine the roller 1 ceases to rotate, the roller 1 is withdrawn from contact with the roller 1 and the paper strip is cut off by the knifeI carried on knife bar 1 which is pivoted at 6 9. This knife bar I is under the control of thecam operated lever 1 which when released by its cam allows the spring I to snap the knife bar and against the wrapping roller H to be nipped between the said roller and a stack of coins as hereinabove described.

Control mechanism, consisting of the cam shaft and its opcratimw camsx-Several of the herein-above described departments of themachine are periodically operated by means of the cams secured to the vertical cam shaft 5. Thiscam shaft is brought into operation through the connections of the gear 12 with the gear 11 in the manner described hereinabove and illustrated in Figs. 10 and 12. \Vhilethe coin stack transferring bracket F is being swung first to the left, as viewed inFig. 1, and then to the right to its position in the group of wrapping rollers where it pauses, namely, while the gear 12 and with it the cam 13 makes a full rotation, the cam shaft secured to the gear 12 also makes a full ro-. tation, opening in succession by means of its cams, the closure of the coin stack gripping plunger-s F, F, the closure of the scissors frame which carries the wrapping roller, the closure of the crimpers upon the ends of the wrapped paper cylinder, the engagement of paper feeding rollers I, I the opening of the crimpers, the release of the paper roll carrying scissors frame to be opened by its springs, the releasing movement of the paper feeding roller I, the retraction and release of the paper cutting knife, all of which have been described in detail hereinabove.

Referring to Fig. -l,the operating cams are lettered from top to bottom, J, K, L, M and N. The uppermost cam J operates on the follower stud i to move the lover I which carries the paper feeding roller I inward and outward. The cam K operates on the follower stud f on the lever F which carries at its outer end the shoe F" by .i'neans of which the gripping plungers and crimpers shown inFig. 7 are given the movements above described. The cam L operates on the follower pin 2' of the cutter controlling lever 1. The cam M operates on the follower box The mode and principle of operation of the above described machine is as follows: Coins of a selected denomination are carried scrz'atz'm into contact with a number of, or connected with, coin counting mechanism, so as to actuate the counting mechanism which preferably comprises numbering ,del vices to record the total number of coins which have actuated the counting mechanism. After being thus counted the coins proceed through a suitable channel to the devices in which they are stacked. As each stack is to contain a predetermined number of coins,and be removed to make place for a succeeding zmcumulation of coins, the coin stop mechanismis provided, which is actuated by and from the coin counting n1echanism in such manner that, after a predetermined number of coins has operated on the counting mechanism, a barrier or stop is interposed in the path of coins on their way to the stacking devices; for instance, every hundredth coin brings the mechanism associatcd with the counter to the point where it trips, or actuates,the barrier or stop. This does not, however, interrupt the progress of coins to and past the counting mechanism, so that coins accumulate on the barrier until in the further progress of the machine, the barrier is removedto allow the accumulated coins to fall together into the stacking devices. During theinterval while the stop is interposed in the path of the coins, the stack of coins previously accumulated in the coin box which forms part of the stacking devices is grasped by the stack transferring meclmnisin, and moved into the grasp of the stack wrapping mechanism. The first nmvement ol the stack transferring mechanism is the first of a cycle of operations which is initiated through the medium of the coin counting mechanism. In order to allow time for the last coin required to complete the stack to arrive in place in the coin box, the initiation of the cycle of operations, which begins with the movement of the stack transferring mechanism to the stack of coins in the coin box, is timed to occur just after the entrance of the coin stop into the channel leading to the stacking devices. Thus, if the stop is actuated in time with the passage of every hundredth coin, the

advisable delay in the initiation of the cycle of operations on the coin stack may be insured by timing the initiation of the cycle on the passage of the coin next after the hundredth coin aforesaid. As soon as a stack of coins is removed from the coin box,

the latter and the parts associated with it, i

of paper around the coin stack; third, closure of the crimping devices on the ends of the wrapper to crimp them over the ends of the coin stack; fourth, opening and withdrawal of the crimping and stack transferring mechanism; fifth, release of the wrapped coin stack by the wrapping rolls; sixth, advance of a suitable length of paper from a roll or other supply, to a distance sufiicient to lay the end of the strip lightly against one of the wrapping rolls; seventh, severance of the advanced portion of paper from the strip. This cycle of operations, once initiated, is automatically completed, and the connection with the source of power of the mechanism which controls the cycle, is automatically terminated.

We claim:

1. In a coin handling machine, the combination of coin transferring mechanism, coin counting mechanismadapted to be actuated by coins moved by the coin transferring mechanism, coin stacking devices comprising a stack receptacle made in separable normally united sections adapted to be sepa rated to permit removal of the coins from said receptacle, coin stack wrapping devices, and stack transferring devices movable between the stack receptacle and the stack wrapping devices, provided with means to seize and carry a stack of coins from the receptacle to the wrapping devices.

2. In a machine for handling coins, the combination of coin stack wrapping mechanism, comprising a group of intergeared rolls adapted to embrace a stack of coins, coin stack transferring mechanism to deliver a stack of cdins to the wrapping rolls and hold it while embraced by the rolls, means to feed a wrapper strip to the wrapping rolls, and crimping devices mounted on the stack transferring mechanism, and means to actuate said crimping devices to crimp the ends of a wrapped strip over the ends of a coin stack.

3. In a coin handling machine, the combination of coin transferring devices to deliver coins to coin stacking devices, coin counting mechanism actuated by coins in transit to the coin stacking devices, coin stacking devices, adapted to deliver stack of coins to coin stack transferring mechanism, coin stack transferring mechanism movable between the coin stacking devices and coin Wrapping mechanism, the coin wrapping mechanism adapted to receive a stack of coins in the grasp of the coin stack transferring mechanism, means to supply a wrapper strip to the coin wrapping mechanism, and controlling mechanism to determine the operation of the coin stacking devices and transferring mechanism, with means initiated by the coin counting mechanism to stop the passage of coins from the coin transferring devices to the coin stack ing devices, and to impart movement intermlttently to said controlling IIIGCllflIllSIIl;

4:. In a com handling machine, the comb1- nation of coin transferring devices to deliver coins to coin stackingdevices, coin counting mechanism actuated by coins in transit to the coin stacking devices, coin stacking devices adapted to deliver a stack of coins to coin stack transferring mechanism, coin stack transferring mechanism, movable between the coin stackingdevices and coin wrapping mechanism, the coin wrapping mechanism adapted to receive a stack of coins in the grasp of the coin stack transferring mechanism, means to supply a wrapper strip to the coin wrapping mechanism, controlling mechanism to determine the operation of the coin stacking devices and coin transferring mechanism, with means initiated by the coin counting mecha nism to stop the passage of coins from the coin transferring devices to the coin stacking devices, and to impart movement intermittently to said controlling mechanism, and means to interrupt the operation of the control mechanism after the latter has completed its predetermined cycle.

5. In a coin handling machine, the -combination of coin transferring devices to deliver coins to coin stacking devices, coin counting mechanism actuated by coins in transit to the coin stacking devices, coin stacking devices adapted to deliver a stack of coins to coin stack transferring mechanism, a movable coin stop between the coin counting mechanism and coin stacking devices, coin stack transferr'ng mechanism movable between the coin stacking devices and the coin wrapping mechanism, the coin wrapping mechanism adapted to receive a stack of coins in the grasp of the coin stack transferring mechanism, means to supply a wrapper strip to the coin wrapping mechanism, controlling mechanism to determine the operation of the coin stacking devices and transferring mechanism, with means initiated by the coin counting mechanism to stop the passage of coins from the coin transferring devices and the coin stacking devices, and to impart movement intermittently to said controlling mechanism, and means to remove the cam stop after the steel: of coins is delivered to the stack transferring mechanism.

In a coin handling machine, the combination of coin transferring devices to deliver coins to coin stacking devices, coin counting mechanism actuated by coins in transit to the coin stacking devices, coin stacking devices adapted to deliver a. stack of coins to coin stack transferring mechanism, coin stack transferring mechanism movable between the coin stacking devices and coin wrapping mechanism, the coin wrapping mechanism adapted to receive a stack of coins in the grasp of the can stack transferringmechanism,means to supply a wrapper strip to the coin wrapping mechanism, controllingmechanism to determine the operation of the coin stacking devices and transferring mechanism, with means initiatedby the coin countingmeehanism to stop thepassage of coins from the coin transferring devices to the coin stacking devices, and to impart movement intermittently to said controlling mechanism, means to interrupt the operation of the control mechanism after-the latter has completed its predetermined cycle, and means to remove the coin stop after the stack of coins is delivered to the stack transferring mechanism.

7. In a machine for handling coins, the combination of coin transferring mechanism to receive coins and transfer them seriati'm, coin stacking devices, coin countingmechanism actuated by coins in the coin transferring mechanism, means controlled by the jtransferring mechanism to crimp the strip over the ends of the coin stack.

8. In a machine for handling coins, the combination of coin transferring mechanism to receive coins and transfer them seriat' m, coin stacking devices, coin counting mechanism actuated by coins in the coin trans-i ferring mechanism, means controlled by the coin counting mechanism to arrest momentarily at predetermined intervals the passage of coins from the coin transferring mechanism to the coin stacking devices, stack transferring mechanism to transfer a stack of coins from the coin stacking devices to stack wrapping mechanism, means con trolled by the coin counting mechanism to actuate the stack transferring mechanism,

the stack wrapping mechanism comprising rolls to embrace a stack of coins, means to supply a wrapping strip, wrapper crimping devices associated with the stack transferring mechanism to crimp the strip over the ends of the coin stack, and means to release the wrapped stack of coins from the wrapping and stack transferring mechanism.

9. In a machine for handlingcoins, the combination of coin stack forming mechanism, coin stackwrapping mechanism, comprising a group of rolls adapted to embrace a stack of coins and intermittently acting driving means for said wrapper rolls, stack transferringmechanism to deliver a preformed stack of coins sidewise to the wrapping rolls, means to supply a wrapper strip to the wrapping mechanism comprisinga strip gu de, strip feed rolls and means ,to actuate them interm ttently to feed forward a wrapperstrip through said guide and lay its leading end in position to be nipped be tween a w 'apping roll and a stack of coins by the delivery of the stack to the rolls, and a cutter with means to actuate the cutter timed to sever the wrapper stripbefore the a wrapper roll actuating means operates.

10. In a machine for handling coins, the

combination of coin stack forming ,mechanism, coin stack wrapping mechanism, comprising a group of rolls adapted to embrace a stack of coins and mternnttently acting driving means for said wrapper rolls, stack transferring mechanism to deliver a preformed stack of coins sidewise to the wrap ping rolls, means to supply a wrapper strip to the wrapping mechanism, comprising a strip guide, strip feed rolls, and means to actuate them intern'iittently to feed forward a wrapper strip through said guide and lay its leading end :in position to be nipped between a wrapping roll and a stack of coins by the delivery of the stack to the rolls, and

a cutter with means to actuate the cutter timed to sever the wrapper strip before the leading end of the strip is nipped and the wrapper roll actuating means operates.

11. In a machine for handling coins, the

combination of coin stack forming mochanism, coin stack wrapping mechanism, transferring mechanism to transfer a preformed stack of coins from the coin stack forming mechanism sidewise to the wrapping mechanism, means timed to operate the transferring mechanism and wrapping mechanism intermittently and relatively in alternation, means to supply a wrapper strip to the wrapping mechanism, comprising a strip guide, strip feed rolls, and means to actuate them intermittently to feed forward a wrapper strip through said guide and lay its leading end adjacent to the wrapping mechanism to be nipped between said wrapping mechanism and a stack of coins by the delivery of the stack to the wrapping mechanism, and a cutter to sever a wrapping length from the end of the strip.

'12. In a machine for handling coins, the

alternation, means to supply a wrapper strip 

